The Sun. — London, England, 1864-11-26 00:00:00

TfiE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION (Limited). Area uthorised to receive applications for £2,800,000 Certificates of Debenture of the 4"1 - ANT - 1 0 AND GREAT WESTERN R k ILWAY (New York—Pennsylvania—Ohio). Of which One Million Two Hundred Thousand Pounds have been already applied for. These Certificates will be issued at £9O for £lOO, to be rMeerned t par, £lOO sterling, at the end of three years, with Inter a est at 8 per cent. per annum, payable half-yearly, on the 15th of May and 15th of November in each year, the PlYment of the Interest in London being guaranteed by T IE CONSOLIDATED BANK (LIMITED), LONDON. TRUSTEES. Samuel Gurney, Esq., M.P. John P. Kennard, Esq. Charles Mozley, Esq. RANKERS. The Consolidated Bank, London ani Manchester. Messrs A. Heywool, Sons, and Co., Liverpool. SOLICITORS. Messrs Presb.lields and Newman, Bank-buildings, Lon don, B . c. BROKERS. 111 Pssre Thr Joshua Hutchinson and Son, 15, Angel-court, ~. o graorton-street. London, B.C. ' 1 " F• Satterthwait E 38 Throomorton-street, Lon don, E c e, 4,..q., , t: , Il e • • sr s• T. Tinley and Sons, 44, Br 'lyres-buildings, Liver- Pool. lq es srs. Shore and Kirk, 14, St. Ann'e-Equare, ➢lan chester. imperial Mercantile Credit Association (Limited), ar e prepar e d to receive Subscriptions for the above amount of Certific a t es of Debentures, of which £1,200,000 have been already applied for. Atlantic and Great Western Railway consists of the ng sions and Branches : e Main Line in New York .. . in Pennsylvania in Ohio .. 50 Miles, 34tension in New York (Buffalo) to Oil Creek in Pennsylvania .. to Coll Reg;ons in Ohio (New Lisbon) .. to Cievelaud - - - .. 245 385 .. 20 „ .. 67 - 16] A. Total .. 552 Miles. t Also the Erie and Niagara Railway, belonging to same gatein . s 30 miles in length, is wholly in Canada, and secures G_`nortaous coal traffic over 200 miles of the Atlantic and great Western by whom it has been constructed, and is w chiefly owned. n th 8 "rOlue hf - this' Great- itaffafray; 'ccrnnecting New York ehSt. Louis, a distance of 1,200 miles (without p t a nge of carriages or break of gauge) passes through liee States, far removed from the scene of war. The wheels now completed, and in possession of a- traffic last h may fairly be called extraordinary. For September es ,, ' ,the gros s earn i ngs on 322 m il es open were , a t o rdinary ei th " e a rl b ge, at the rate of £1,100,000 per annu s m . (exclusive of 10 per cent. paid by the Erie R on all through traffic; which will probably reach Lloo ailwa ,o y 00 per • tAlea additional), the earnings having increased since the the Presentee• izenoent of the year by 100 per cent. This, even at ha xchange, would leave a large surplus, after f.; Yolent of the interest in gold on the bonded debt. The ' , o r wer to increase the fares will of course bs exeicised, if the present exceptional rates of exchange should continue. he total bonded debt over the whole system of the At.. titatitie and Great Western Railway is L 3,600,110, and with p e e bi lzeeption of proceeds of bonds £1,7b5,070, held by the by n 'tC , t he line has been constructed with funds advanced ' a Pitalists, whose anticipations of profitable results have partially at' more than realised ; the railway, although only v es ttie llY developed, exhibiting returns of traffic and re- Ile which may without exaggeration be designated un exampled. Wh • sar en this undertaking was projected, it was found neces , ih r Y to which for its construction from each State 0 ., ° tie& it would pass. This compelled independent a Pay s Oe n "mations and separate financial arrangements; the in , I t date mined to consolidate the whole line under one ad- Zinistration. Pending the completion of legislative enact- D 1 1?) if has be en reso lved to issue Sterling Certificates of p p ' M ore, payable in three years, bearing interest at 8 e e ' Ce nt per annum, which interest is guaranteed by the With the Trustees of Bonds and Shares amounting at usual „ange to £4 230,493 Finkßends a nd Sh ar e s so d epos it e d w ill b e kept at the r of En g l an d, i n th e names o f th e T rus t ees , an d th e • b e i r e of Decl ara ti on o f T rus t t o b e execu t e d by th em ma y t e , o ll . B Pected at the office of Messrs. Freshfields and New- Th e Erie Railway, of which the Atlantic and Great the - , ern is practically an extension, upon a mileage of about ti ten e eole extent, but constructed at a cost nearly three ot i l.,,ea great, has earned in the present year sufficient not Pay interest on all its bonded debt, but also 14 divi lae teat alO p er cent. on or di nary stoc k. Th e Atlant i c and in co , n , Western Railway, in addition to its through traffic Petr o l ~t 11„ 0 4 with the Erie, has almost a monopoly of th e ' other '' ; ' l3,l traffic in Pennsylvania, with vast coal fields , and 414 Pertant sources of local revenue. The c ost of its det • afr uction having been so much less, and its mortg a ge at i t c onsequently so much smaller, with an assured traffic It'lli r ,i,"eial, it is estimated that in the three years, ail i ng Pr 1 , - „" ; the certificates of debenture run, the payment of he l t ,"'Pal will be provided for out of revenue alone.. esti," Directors of the Erie Company have manifested the It( —l ation in which they hold the Atlantic and Great . estern R a ilway, and the opinion they entertain of its t! ll ; r e Prospects, by contracting to supply for its use, at si e - r ' i r , awn expense, rolling stock to the extentof one million lng ' • „, The Atlantic and Great Western Railway has been con- Nructel by Themes W. Kennard, C. 8., as engineer-in thief, and under the immediate superintendence of an experienced agent of Messrs Peto and Betts. A re- Port from Sr S. Morton Peto, Bari., M.P , is an nexed, showing th a t th e works have been. executed IL! the mo s t su b s t an ti a l manner. Appended are some s tatistics, derived from official re t urns , re l at i ng to the in `tease in the carriage eastward s o f p ro d uce during the past 4 wyears from some o f th e c hi e f c i t i es o f the 'West, with liib.i_ traffic the Atlantic and Great Western Railay is t uir eet connec'ed ; from these figures the causes w ot its ...,,braotdinary revenue may be deduced. attc l l l3 .o e i Certificates of Debenture are in sums eUXIOO, £5OO, _b A ,. '4OO each; with Coupons attached for interest at 8 • 'i s cent. per annum payable half-yearly. The interest ti a r ,L llo whole term will be guaranteed by the Consolidated The With whom securities have been lodged. are P a Ya price follows I ,a Per cent on application. 30 allotment. 15 17th January, 1865. 15 17th February, „ 17 ~ • 17th March, 18 ~ 17th April, 71 15th May less coupon £4 per cent. due on that day. T b he Certificates will be paid off at par, on sth Novem er, 1867. Pariat T nterest on the investment, including the redemption Interest ja upwards of 12 per cent. per annum; exclusive of on deferred instalments. ills'atabscribers have the option of paying any or all of the Per a lments in advance, and will be allowed a discount of 8 Afterp e r annum on such payments. toer allotuent, scrip will be issued to " bearer." On r m ent of the final instalment, the scrip will be exchanged Co u _ ce rtificates of debenture, with guaranteed interest e rls attached, payable 16111 May and 16th November in Year. 9, Great George-street, Westminster, November 4, 1861. S AMUEL GURNEY, Esq., M.P. , °RN P, KENNARD, Esq., and Trustees. Cu I\IOzLEY, Esq. Ft i ;,'„, i Sirs,You are aware that at the request t hf the o Th e ts .futnishing the funds for the construc u i n on er ! took`ylantic and Great Western Railway,. my Firm Of tb ue grave responsibility of the supervision of the Works 110 he Line, to be executed under a contract with Mr W k en tY, and from the plans and designs of Mr Thomas j3-"iennard, the engineer-in.chief of the Railway. it s ~,'`ere the works were commenced, my Firm sent one of xe e -- „ ° , B , t experienced agents, who had superintended the etoplZ'en of several largo works, and who had been in its tha r ;,,Y upwards of thirty years, and entrusted to his oh .t n . ll o 6 npervision of the various works to be executed it 4tailWay. ihut t l o s due both to dr. Mr. Kennard, the Engineer-in-Ch state °bee n 't „ ut the position we occupied, which might have tak en " invidious one, has not in the slightest degree par v.`'i that character. Every recommendation of our . -1(1/,: - `es been at once cheerfully carried out, and Mr. c ar rl rY has executed his contract with an honest desire el 'he fineevery engagement in a fair and liberal spirit. ;, 0 th e , s has been ballasted and laid in a style fully equal Is 'lvou r : L e tt of our English railways, while the extremely - .le nature of the country through which passes teilatendered necessary so few works of art, that . its main titilw,ce teed tot exceed the average cost per mile of our eki e ,',Y B at home. The stations throughout are of ample teep i l;) and the siding accommodation fully equal to the It e L li enfs of the traffic. l b be very satisfactory to you to find that the En vreee,,:ll3.-chief states in his last report that the traffic at the th e et. , tim e ;,, is sufficient to pay, at the then price of gold, 1 4 14, I : 4 'ehd on all the Consolidated Bonds of the entire 'G,so a c stlr eing them not to be issued to a greater extent than tltel (six thousand five hundred pounds sterling) per 'Jed, C"e• Estimates and predictions are so often talsi -44 at t t at this fact becomes peculiarly valuable, the more so es re Present time the Rolling Stock is not more than h e ft the requirements of the local traffic.; and when the th e Stock to be provided under: the agreement with ° ° ,ll Pany is placed on the line, these increased c,innot fall to produce an amount of traffic far ex 'e it. ° t ile estimates which have been prepared in regard I `") dear sirs, for Betts and self, yours faithfully, S. MORTON PETO. ' Le 1 ,,",`, 0 in the Carriage of Produce from West to East dur ° ` 4 e past Five Years derived from Official Returns. CHICAGO. 1 8 , Total Grain. 18g ......... 16,751,138 Fat Cattle. Pio. WM& .. 32,500 • • 9 110 246 18 ., ...... 31 ,108,769 , .. 92,000 .. 227, 64 iSP, ........ 60 .481,8 , 7 ' .. 1 5,000 .. 280,094 iti z, ' ........ 50,187,110 ' , l , .. 107,466 .. 491,135 •• • ... 51,711,839 ~ .. 197 , 315 .. 862,200 MILWAUKEE. 180 Total Grain. 7 800 ........... 6 560,896 1 shlg. 1gR............ 9.993,0 0 ~ 1 862 ......... ..16,7,0, 4 80 „ 18c3 ............ 18,732,389 ...... • .. 1 6,082,335 TOLEDO. Pork, B ef, Lard and Tallow. 1b,2C6,400 lbs. .. 11,0.18,' CO „ .. 14,68',103 „ .. 30,553, , 68 .. 41,6)8,551 „ 1860 Flour. Wheat. 18 41 •••• • 8f 3,700 brio. 5,033,331 bshls. 1862 ..... 1,372, I 11. ' , 6,286,936 ~ '••1,585,325 ~ 9,827,629 „ BUFFALO. Cattle, Pig', and Sheep. 209,6 8 281,495 481,804 Total Grain. Cattle, Pigs, 18 60 and Sheep. 18.. . .. ...... 37 ,089,461 bshls. 14,040,303 lbs. 1,,,-.1 ......... 61,460,601 „ 25,999,823 „ i s t c 6 l ....... 7 2,872,454 „ 107,129,461 ~ 'AB „ ..... 6 4,735,570 „ 149,428,894 „ 'esPeets PETROLEUM, in the carriage of which this etr urn ita ilway has principally the monopoly °l° Produced in 1859 .. 750bbls. of 40 gallons , „ 1860 .. 50,000 ~ ~ ~ 3861 .. 650,000 ~ ~ , ph , II 1862 .. 2,000,0c0 „ ~ 1863 .. 2,220,000 „ ~ Itmlwe iielevelani Branch of the Atlantic and Great Western .1 " / 1 ° eUgago4 to the Nil extent cof its capacity In the T HE BAUGPARAH TEA ESTATES COMPANY OF ASSAM. The SHARE LIST of this COMPANY will be CLOSED on THURSDAY next, the Ist December, for Town; and FRIDAY, the 2d December, for the Country. By Order. T. R. E MILES, Secretary pro tem. St. Michael's House, 24th Nov., 1864. UNITED DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES. LOAN of £916,000. To be issued in Bonds to bearer of £too and £1(.0 each, at the Price of 86 per cent. Interest 7 per cent. per annum. Sioking Fund 2 per cent, per annum. - , Bonds to be redeemed by annual drawings, and paid off at par in London in sterling." 1. The Government of tha United Danubian Principalities, being fully authorised, have contracted a loan of £916,00 with the Imperial Ottoman Bank and Messrs. Stern Brothers, who, acting on behalf of themselves, the Inteinationv Finan cial Scelety, the Societe Generale de l'Empire Ottoman, and others, beg to notify that, under the powers given to them, they are prep wed to receive eubscriptione for toe said loan, at the price of £B6 for each £lOO stook. 2. The Loan will bear interest at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum, payable half yearly, on the Ist March and Ist Sep tember in each year, at the Agency of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, in London. 3. The Loan will be entirely redeemed in 221 years, from 1 .t March, 1865, by means of a sinking fund of 2 per cent. per annum, together with the interest on the portims from time to time redeemed. 4. The Bonds will be redeemed at 100, by means of draw ings by lot, in the month of January in each year, In th 3 usual manner, in the presence of a Notary Public, at the Agency of the Imperial Ottoman Bank. The first drawing w,ll take place in January, 1868, and the Bonds then drawn will be paid off on the Ist March following, together with the halt yearly dividend then due. 5. The interest and sinking fund of this Loan are specially guaranteed by a first charge upon the Customs Revenues of the l nited Principalities. 6. Tae Customs Revenues, to the amount necessary for the payment of the interest and sinkin fund of the Loan, will be pat 1 into be hands of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, a , Bucharest, by monthly instaments, and will be remitted to the London Aga ncy of the said B a:lk, for payment to the Bondholders. The ii.stalments since the conclusion of the contra3t have been duty received. The Custom Revenues amounted in the year 1861 to £218,700. The amount estimated by the Ministry for 1865 is £332,100. The annual amount required for the interest and sinking fund of this loan is £82,440. 7. Ihe payments by the subscribers will be as follows :- 5 per cent, on Application. 10 per cent. on Allotment. 10 per cent. on 9th January, 1865. 20 per cent, on Ist February „ 20 per cent. on Ist March, less the Dividend of 34 per cent. 21 per cent. cm. let April, 1865. In default of due payment of the instalments, previous pay ments will be liable to forfeiture. Scrip certificates will be issued after allotment, and will be exchanged for Definitive Bonds as soon as possible after the payment of the last instalment. 8. Discount at the rate of 7 per cent. per annum will be allowed on paymente in fill in anticipation. 9 Interest will date from the Ist September, 1c64, which, with the discount allowed in pre-payments, will mate the price of issue equivalent to ahout 83 cent. Taking into con siderivion the reimbursement of the Bonds at par by means of the igniting Fund, the calculated return for money to the Bondholder will be about 10 per cent. per annum. 1.0. In cases where no allotment is made, the deposits will be returned to their respective owners within one week of the close of the subscription. 11. Forms of Application may be had at the Agency of the Imperial Ottoman Bank, No. 4, Bank-buildings ; of Messrs. Stern Brothers, 6 and 7, Angel-court, 7 hrogmorton-street ; and of Messrs. P. Cannon and Co., the Brokers to the Loan, 52, Threadneedle-street. The principal object of the Government of the United Principalities in making the p-esent loan is to provi, e for the indemni yt o be paid for the secularisation of the Convent property. The Principalities of Wallachia and Moldavia contain a population of about five mi lions, are exceedingly rich both in mineral and agricultural wealth, and afford the most promising field for capital and enterpri , e. The pre sent is the only foreign loan which the Govemmeni has contracted. The Co - Aract for the Loan may be seen at the Offices of Messrs. Burcham and Co., 46, Parliament-street. UNITED DANUBIAN PRINCIPALITIES LOAN. FORM OF APPLICATION. To be left a ith the Bankers, after payment of the preliminary deposit. To the Contractors of the United Danubian Principalities Loan. No. Gentlemen,—Having paid to Messrs. Glyn, rills, Currie, and Co. the sum of £ , I hereby request that you will allot me £ B on ds of the United Danubian Principalitie3 Loan, and I hereby agree to accept such Bonds , or any smaller amount that may be allotted to me, and to pay the further instalments thereon according to the terms of the Prospeotus. _ _ _ I am, Gentlemen, lour obedient servant, Signature ... .. Address in full ....... Date to ke tip co to ,t) N°. 22,598. carriage of Iron, the Ore from the mines of Lake Superior, and in shipping Coals in return vessels. These Aline, pro duced, in IF f 9 186.3 Iron Ore. 65,679 tons. 280,00 „ Cop - er. 6,04: tons. 10,' 03 „ TRADE OF CINCINNATI. —SOrne idea f the enormous growth o' trade at the West may be formed from the follow ing statement of the va ue of the Imports and Exports o' le,ding staples at int innati : Dols Dols. 18 8-59 10,220,954 1861-62 179,733,695 18;,9-60 18384,404 1.62-63 ........246,517,384 180-61 147,226,262 1863-61 .578,870,362 ATLANTIC AND GREAT WESTERN RAILWAY. NEW YORK-4'ENNSYLVANIA -OHIO: No FORTS OF APPLICATION. (To be retained by the Bankers.) To the Imperial Mercantile Credit Association (Limited). Having paid to the Consolidated Bank (Limited) the sum of £ , I hereby request you will allot me CPrtificates of Debenture of the Atlantic and Great Western Railway, and I hereby agree to accept such Certificates of Debenture, or any ;ess number that may be allotted t.) me, and to ply the ink talments thereon, accord ing to the terms of the Prospectus. I am, your obedient Servant. Signature Address in full .. Date T HE IMPERIAL MERCANTILE CREDIT ASSOCIATION, Limited. Capital subscribed, £5,000,000. Paid up, 1..50',000. DIRECTORS. JOHN CHAPMAN, Esq., Chairman. Xenophon Balli, Eiq. Charles Belson, Esq, E. J. Coleman, req. G. G. Maophers in, Esq. Mr. Alderman Datin. Sir J H. Pelly, Bart. James Dickson, Esq. W. Scholefield, Esq„ M.P. P. D. Hadow, Esq. Sir S. 0. Scott, Part. J. 0. Hanson, Esq. H. D. Seymour, Esq.. M.P. - W. H. Harford, Esq. Joseph Thornton, Esq. G. F. Holroyd, Esq. F. G. Westmorland, Es J. G. Hombre, Esq. Alfred Wilson, Esq. Capt. J. Gilbert Johnston. M. Zarifi, Esq. MANAGERS. Henry J. Barker, Esq., and T. Fraser Sandeman, Esq. SOLICITORS. Messrs. Ashurst, Morris, and Co., and Messrs. Edwards and Co. The Association receives money on deposit for fixed periods. Makes advances on approved securities. Negotiates Loans, and undertikes General Financial Busi ness. W. C. WINTERBOTTOM, Secretary. Crosby House, 96, Bishopgate-Street Within. T HE BAUGP ARAH TEA ESTATES COMPANY OF ASSAM (Limited). Incorporated under the Companies Act, 1862. Capital £200,000, in 20,000 Shares of £lO each. First issue 10,000 shares. les. per Share on application • 10s. on allotment. No Call to exceed £1 per Share, or to be made at a less interval than three months from a previous Call Where no Allotment is made the Deposit Money will he re turned in full. A minimum Dividend, payable half-yearly is July and January. of 10 per cent. per annum, for three years, is secured to the Shareholders, to the satisfaction of the Directors. • DIRECTORS• Henry Constable, Esq. (of the firm of Henderson and Con stable, 4", Cannon-street, E.C., and Widmore House, Brom ley, Kent), Chairman. G. Bone, Esq. (Chairman of the Coal, Corn, and Finance Committee , , 41, Minories. A. Cohn. Esq. (late of the firm of Cohn, Fellm nn, and Co., Calcutta), 23, Cullum-street, E.C. *W. Eames, Esq., Calcutta, and Dibroo , hur, Assam. C. Seaton, Esq., 45, St. George's-Toad, Ecaleston-square. J. G. Sturch. Esq. (Director of the Sugar Refining Company, Limite 1), 21, Mincing-lane, E.C. T. Teil, Esq. (of the firm of John Tell and Co., Calcutta!, Kid derpore House, Boltons, Brompton. * This gentleman will join the Board when the Estates are transferred. . CALCUTTA AGENTS. Messrs. John Tell and CO. BANKERS IN LONDON. The London and County Bank, 21, Lombard-street, E.C. BANKERS IN CALCUTTA. The Chartered Mercantile Bank of In ,ia, London, and China. SOLICITOR. Clarence Harcourt, Esq , 2, King's Arms-yard, B.C. BROKERS. _ Messrs. Smith and Binney7s,ktigel-court, Thrg2morton street, E.C. AUDITORS. Messrs. Deloitte, Greenwood and Dever, 4, Lothbury, E.C. SECRETARY PRO TEM. T. R. Eames, Esq. TEMPORARY OFFICES. St. Michael's louse, St. Michael's-alley, Cornhill, E.C. ABRIDGED PROSPECTUS. This Company is formed for the purpose of purchasing and further developing five va'uab!e lea Estates in Assam al ready in profitable cultivation. - - The Est tes comprise in ly 4,500 acres. of wh'eh 500 acres are already planted in Tea garoens--125 being of four and five years' growth, 50 of three years, 225 of one and two years, and 101 just planted. The whole of the lands are held direct from Government, either in fee simple, or redeemable in fee simple by the payment of ss. per acre, or on a perpetual lease from the Government paying 24. per acre per annum. The vendor pledees himself that the yield from the full bearing , plants was in the year 1862, 180 chests ; in the year 1863, 250. The estimate for this is 4 0 chests ; and for the year 1865 at least 600 chests, and 120 maunds of seed. The vend. rwill act as Managing Director, and remain in Assam on the Estates for the space cf three years. The purchase-money is fixed at £50,000, payable £5,000 within one month from the da e of allotment, £2,500 four months from said date, £2,5 0 seven months from said date, and £5,000 ten months from said date, and the residue in five annual instalments, commel cing in January, 1868, with in terest at 5 per cent. The Directors have the cption of pay ing .c14,C00 of any such instalments, in fully paid-up shares of the Corn; aey, which Shares shall only participate in the dividend to the extent of calls made. -- • ---- - The vendor defrays all expenses incidental to the forma tion of the Company up to the allotment of Shares. The Articles of As q)ciation and Contra .t with the vendor may be seen at the Offices of the Company. Prospectuses, with Forms of Applications for Shares, may be obtained of the Bankers, Solicitor, Brokers, Auditors, and at the Offices of the Company. -; , 1 :: 1 :: 1 ::::: : ' • - • ... , si if:,., 1 . .. ; . 4 . 1 1 \- l - . -- 0 - --/------ . --) ---€..4.--. 9 .,.. , ----....,,4,.. __._._-e 7 :„- -- A - e_--+C -- -e.--ez --e-c_--- e::"Z-C c- -- j ... c ' f---2-- • - ec---* (-, 6r_ .,__ e , • , - '''', 4 '.(--;•'-::''' 1 • d, ,2 'f. > -,:....-!":`.\•4 . 11 1 : _.... =f- ; -' • .- - .." ,. i.-:.11 , .!"... - . • ' • - 71 • - ~' .. --e-e.-C.- , ',. -, - I. J " "H.-- ter f`t I it- I % ~' ,--iS7-- . ...' t ~ ..„...,.. -.,. . . . ' - \,...'. 7 - ' - -=,-•;''s- '.:.1;.;%: . . . s , • - !.,,. ' C . '_ tlf • - '', • . _ - - , '•• i 6 ` .. • . . :. i . ~: ; ~ . I 4 :, . . :. l. .. , . , '• . lkilt"A %V- -- - - , ? I SPIRIT OP TRE PI.TBLIO aotrRNALs. , -,e,,, , , i . ~,i ri:( - iiT '. . 4 au~ . ,0 ... cP• , ----6-:-.%# ~.2 . "4 Vzote" -4, ) .... t• -AV li 1f It et. - .• 4 " 4b .6 . ...,.. Ir ~ 4, .. IN, :"....., -•-• , ' v" . ':, % , -12. : 4 . ' til'K.l•ll it 1 1 't ": t.' ' . . • *Wr = `-'' O. '''') %. "7. ''•- -' 14 1 ,-sr L- " n U . ..,„....,_‘........ : ,44 , z ~ , ''--:;,„ . , - ,..-. „4„..,_. .._ ~,.,,,,,...,0 . „. ~T ... .......,_, :..,.„, ,tr, ... ~ ....,... ~, , . ........,...,,,,,:,... ..,...,,,, ..„. ... t e. , ' 'lntarr. '', , taNN - 4 .r-ar ' , .4 --- - - • '% TIAES.— Few convictions and sentencee deserve to be re ceived with more satisfaction than those of the two quacks Henery (or Wray) and Andereon, which we repotted from the Central Criminal Court yesterday. These men are examples of a class of miscreants who extort enormous sums by practising the most infamous tortures upon the worst and weakest parts of human nature. Their system is as simple as it is infamous. A person imagines himself to be suffer ing from some illness, about which, from motives of false delicacy, he is unwilling to consult a regular practitioner. He sees one of the advertisements of these quacks, which, to the disgeace of our Press, ate scattered broadcast over the country, arid is induced to apply to him. From that moment he ceases to be a free being, and if he cannot sum mon up the courage and determination displayed by the pro secutor in this case, ho is a slave under the lash of the quack he has applied to until he compounds with his tyrant for some monstrous ransom. The quack knows that his victim has resorted to him from combined motives of fear and shame, in order to avoid anything approaching to ex posure.. He knows, therefore, that ho may demand almost anything, without, as a rule, being in any danger of re sistance. First of all the victim is supplied at enormous charges with some stuff or other which is not even intended to benefit him; he soon finds he is being gulled, but when he endeavours to withdraw from the trap, ho is threatened with exposure unless he continues to submit to the de mands male upon him. In this case the unfortunate pro secutor had paid £B6 in half a year before he attempted to break loose, and six months after he had ceased to receive advice or medicine he was attacked by a further demand for £l5O. Upon his refusal to submit to this extortion two letters were written to him threatening to publish the matter. Fortunately, he had the prudence and courage to put the letters into the hands of his solicitor, and to prosecute the writers. It is very rarely indeed, however, that persons can make np their minds to face the annoy ance and disgust which such a resistance entails, and these tactics are all but always successful. It is notorious to medical men that hundreds—nay, thousands of pounds are being constantly extorted in this way. Persons in a good position will pay almost anything to avoid the exposure they are threatened with. In this instance, however, the prose enter resisted successfully—a conviction was obtained on PRICh ...... ...4d. STAMPED ....sd. 0 EMEMBER ! WE WAIT SUPPER for you af.er the Covent Garden Opera, at EVANS'. Fall the charge of conspiracy, and the prisoners wsrt, 5ekte,040,,,, each to two years' imprisonment with hard labour. We re joice that two of these scoundrels have at last met n ith some punishment, and we hope it will encourage other victims to their practices to resist and prosecute. To do so is to per form a public service, for one such conviction weakens the chains of every other slave to this tyranny. The sole power of theseinen consists in a moral certainty that their victims will notproseeute. Let thatcertainty be removed,and all their power is gone. We regret, indeed, heartily, with Baron 'Bramwell, that it was not possible to award a heavier punishment. As he said, it is impossible to conceive a -more abominable offence. It is a sort of moral garotting by the foulest possible instrument. It is not merely, said tho Judge, one robbery that is committed, but a succession of robberies. The bodily pain, moreover, that is inflicted by physical violence is nothing to the moral suffering of living in a constant sense of fear and shame. Add to this the abominable nature of the means employed, and it is not too much to say that the ruffian who is sentenced to penal servitude for a garotte robbery is a worthy member of so. ciety to the wretches who carry on this infamous trade. We do not discharge the unpleasant duty of making these re marks from any notion of affecting the criminals themselves, for they must be dead to all human feelings before they can engage in such a trade. But to give publicity to their pro.. ceedings may be the means of saving many victims from their toils ; and there are one or two means in the power of the public by which their system of extortion may be greatly checked. First of all, we appeal to the Press to consider whether it is not disgraceful to promote the ends of these wretches by publishing their advertisements. It is impossible to plead these advertisements are inserted in ignorance of their meaning, for no man of common sense can be blind to what is meant by their suggestions. Every one, in fact, knows the sort of advertisement we allude to, and we are sorry to add that every one is daily liable to be insulted with it. In the best-con ducted and most costly papers, as well as in the least respectable, may be seen these vile baits. Let it be con sidered that these advertisements are the very instruments by which this infamous business is carried on, It is solely through the allurements held out in them that persons are induced to avoid a regular practitioner in the vain hope of a speedy and secret treatment. And, worse than this, such advertisements in innumerable cases are the means of creating the very evils of which they advertise the reme dies; and the extortion practised is, probably, of even less importance than the moral evil thus produced. If, there fore, our contemporaries would resolutely exclude from their columns any advertisements of this nature, they would strike at the very root of this infamous trade, and prevent an incalculable amount of moral corruption. We are satis fied that they have only to consider the matter to decide on this course at once. There are other ways of advertising, which are equally, if not more, pernicious. There are in stitutions in the metropolis which, under different names, are filled with the most disgusting representations, These places are advertised in every thoroughfare of London by the gratuitous distribution of papers. It is hard to balieve ' that powers do not already exist to put down such exhi bitions. The police have large powers under Lord Camp-. bell's Act, and it might be considered whether the term 0 pictures, drawings, or other representations" would not include the models exhibited in these places, But, at all events, if no existing act is simple enough to meet the case, there never was more urgent need of some extension of the law. It is idle to prohibit indecent pictures and prints, as was done by Lord Campbell's Act, if representa tions infinitely more offensive to public morality are to be passed over. We are satisfied that we shall be supported by the whole medical profession in saying that no useful end whatever is answered by the institutions we are de nouncing. In fact, the medical journals have for years en deavoured to put them down. We earnestly trust either that the police will find that they have the power to interfere, or that the Government will obtain the necessary powers at the earliest possible opportunity. It is suffi ciently unpleasant to have to notice such a subject at all, and we hope it may prove sufficient to have once drawn attention to it. Probably none but medical men are fully aware of the magnitude of the evil, but we believe it is serious enough to demand the most prompt and vigorous measures. HERALD.—Undeterred by the grim lessons of four years of failure the North is entering on another four years of war. The most desperate effort that has yet been made against Richmond has resulted in the Federal commander being brought to a stand before Petersburg, which has de fied all his persevering efforts to take it. Assault has fol lowed upon assault, battle after battle has been fought north and south of the James, with the one: invariable result, the troops of Grant have been defeated with great slaughter. From the east, north, and south, from the Pamunkey, the James, and the Appomatex, Richmond seems to be im pregnable. It has long been supposed that a part of the combination intended by General Grant was an attack from the west which should co-operate with the advance of his army and draw off the attention of a large part of the enemy's force. General Lee has from the first been fully aware of the danger in which he might be placed by a successful ad. vance upon Lynchburg. This important place taken, the Southside Railway would be commanded, and the commu nications of Richmond placed in such peril that the capital of the Confederate States would have to be abandoned. General Lee provided for this risk by detaching a large force to hold in check the army of Sheridan, intended for this work of investing Richmond on the west. The successes of Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley and the retreat of Early southwards seemed for the moment to open the way to Lynchburg. It has since been Sheridan's turn to fall back. He is now at Winchester, at the bottom of the Shenandoah, and his army is closely invested by the Con federate forces. The eyes of the anxious Northerners are now turned far away towards another chance of a march upon Lynchburg, and aid which will be most welcome to the decimated army of Grant. General Sherman, ' after all this toil, has reaped nothing but bar.. ren laurel from his conquest of Atlanta. Au gusta and Macon seem as far off as ever. His communications with Chattanooga are almost hourly inter rupted. Hood, with an army, is between him and the Ten nessee River, and allows him no foothold in the state but the line of railway which unites a long chain of camps in a hostile country. Sherman, however, is bent upon doing something. He is said to have marched away from Atlanta with the greater portion of his army,no one knows whither There were wild rumours that he had fired the city behind him ; that he was rushing eastwards, without baggage or supplies, through the heart of Georgia and South Carolina, to Charleston or Savannah. As the distance in either case is about 300 miles as the crow flies, and as there is no pos sibility of his maintaining communications in such a march through the enemy's country, the conjecture may at once be dismissed as preposterous. Nor is the idea that he is bent on striking a sudden blow in the North-east much less incredible. For a march from Atlanta to Knoxville, in Tennessee, thence to Abington, in Western Virginia, across the Blue Ridge at Liberty Gap, and so to Lynch burg, is a distance of about 400 miles to be got over. It is true that there is a railway for three-parts of the way, but a great part of that railway is com manded by the Confederates. Such e movement as this would imply the abandonment of Georgia, for, with Rood in the neighbourhood of Chattanooga, it would be impossible for a small Federal force to maintain itself any where to the south of that place. Besides, wherever the Federals can go the Confederates can follow. With pur suers behind him, with a s trong force sent by Lee to meet him in front, any raid of this sort, could we suppose Gen. Sherman mad enough to attempt it, from Hood's army would be pretty certain to result in his signal discomfiture. There is nothing in the war news to lead us to anti cipate any further success for the North, or which be tokens immediate danger to the South on any part of her widely extended frontier. We must look forward, we sup pose, to another year of this war; another year of cruel sac rifices, resultless battles, frantic , efforts at conquest; another act in the drama which is a skeleton at our feast of progress--a reproachful marginal commentary on the his tory of our civilisation—a grim reminder that in the midst of an our boasted enlightenment the passions of peoples are still, as ever, the mainsprings of their actions. THE SUN, LONDON, SATURDA.Y EVENING, OVtiVIBER 26, 1864. FIDDLESBROUGH EXTENSION AND IMP ROVE NT. (To extend and alter boundaries of municipal borough and district of Middlesbrough; extension of time for compul sory purchase of land for and for completion of market place; powers to raise further monies for gas works, and other purposes of Improvement Acts of 18 6 and 1858; to defile the boundaries of the parishes and townships of Midalesbrough, Acklam, and Linthorpe ; repeal of provisions as to, and compul.oi y purchase of rights of West Hartlepool Harbour and Railw.y Company in Port Clarence Landing Place, and powers ti construct and complete same ; to purchase lands compulsorily for that purpose, and for other purposes.) NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN, That application is in tended to be made to Parliament in the ensu'iy , session for leave to bring in a Bill to repeal, alter, amend, and extend all or some of the powers and provisions of " The Miedles brough Improvement Act, 1841" (herein called the Act of 1841), " The Middlesbrough Improvement Act, 1853" (herein called the Act of 1856), and "The Middlesbrough Improvement Act, 1858) (herein called the Act of 1858), or some or one of these Acts, or the Acts therein recited, and to grant further and other powers in lieu thereof and in addition thereto, and par ticularly to alter and repeal all or any of the provisions of the said Acts or any of them which are now in force for the protection of the owner, lessee, or occupier of any property af fected by the said Acts, or the works thereby antho ised or to be affected by the said Bill, or for the protection or benefit of any Public Trustees or Commissioners, Corporation, C pany, or person specifically named in such provisions, which it may be necessary to alter or repeal for tile purposes of the said Bill, and to make other provisions in lieu of the powers and provisions so repealed, altered, or amended ; and in such Bill so to be applied for, powers and provisions will be in serted for effecting or authorising all or some of the several objects and purposes following ; that is to say : To alter, enlarge, extend, improve, and define the boun daries of the Municipal Borough of Middlesbrough (herein called the Borough', and also of the ( istrict of the said Borough herein called the District, now subject to the Local Board of Health of the said Borough (herein called the Local Board), and to add t o and include within the said Borough and District respectively portions ot the adjoining Parishes and Townships of Middlesbrough, Linthorpe, Acklam, Marton Ormesby, and Normanby, which are now outside of the existing boundary of the said Borough and District, which Borough and District when so enlarged will be com prised within the following boundaries or I mits or some of thew ; that is to say : A - - line commencing at a point in the mid-channel line of tvo River Tees, immediately opposite to and parallel with the north-eastern side of a certain jetty, called the Normanby Jetty, the same jetty being . the northern terminus of the Cleveland Railway, and being situate in the township of Normanby, and in the parish of Ormesby, in the said Riding, thence along such mid-channel line up the said River Tees past the town of Middlesbrough, first in a north-westerly an , afterwards in a south westerly direction to a point in such mid-channel line, opposite to, and parallel with the second jetty or breakwater in the said river, which jetty or breakwater is situate about 3.3) yards t 3 the south or south-west of the granery in the village or Hamlet of Newport, thence from such point in the said mid-channel line in a atr ight line to the principal entrance gate leading out of the public highway from Linthorpe to Acklam, to a farm house called "Marsh House," belonging to Thomas Hustler, Esq., and in the occupation of Mr Christopher Dobson, thence along the •centre line of a small stream cr watercourse which runs through the land on the south side of the Village of Linthorpe to a point on the east side of the highway or bridle road leading from Acklam to Linthorpe, 270 yards (measuring in a straight line) to the south of a house in the village of Linthorpe occusaled by Robert Manners, called "The Old Hall," otherwise " The Blue Hall," thence in an caste ly direction along the line of the fence commencing at the said last mentioned point, to a certain stream or watercourse called Marton Beck, thence across the said stream or watercourse, and Rion.; the line of fence immediately opposite the point of crossing it, to the north-western corner of an orchard situate on the west side of the house called Marton Grove, belongingto Thomas Gar butt, Esq., thence for a distance of 40 yards along the line of fence extending northwards, to the point where the same line of fence joins another fence, which ex ends therefrom to the Marton Road, and along the line of such last teen- Honed fence to the said rout called Marton Road, thence for a distance of .150 yards in a southerly direction along the western side of the said Marton-road to a point immediately opposite to the extreme south western corner of a certain term cal ed Longlands, belonging to Joseph Pease, Esq., and some time since purchased by him of James Emerson, q., thence along the southern boundary fence of the same farm, and continuing in a straight line across the Middlesb ough and Guisbrough branch of the North Eastern Railway, to the .point in the centre line of the stream or watercourse called Ormesby Beck, IN hich is immediately op posite sech southern boundary fence, thence in a nor herly direction along the centre line of such stream or watercourse to a point in the same 9) yards to the northward of a public footpath called the "Second Sailors' Trod," thence in a straight line in a north easterly direction to a point in the Middlesbrough and Ormesby-road 95 yards to the north of a certain farm house called bite House, thence in in an easterly direction, first along, the Inc of fence which commences at such last named point, and afterwards in a straight line running immediatety to the north of a farm house called Cold Knuckles, to the stream or watercourse called Normanby Beck, thence across the same stream nr water cour-e to the eastern or north eastern fence of the Cleveland Railway, opposite the south western corner ot a plantation called Anstey's Plantation, thenoe along the same fence to, and across the Middlesbrough and Redcar Branch of the North Eastern Railway, and from thence along the north e :stern side of the said jetty called the Normanby Jetty, mentioned at the commencement of this description, to the said point in the said mid-channel line of the said River Tees, immediately opposite to and parallel with such north eastern side---e , hich said line or limits are shown on a plan depos,ted with the Town Clerk of the said borough of Middlesbrough at his office therein. To alter, amend, and extend the provisions contained in the Charter incorporating the borough, and the order in Council subsequently dividing the borough into wards, and to substitute other provisions in lieu thereof, and to alter and increase the number of Wards, and to increase the number of Aldermen and Councillors ; and to alter the number of Alder men and Councillors to be elect , d for each Ward, or if needful to increase the extent of the existing Wards by ad ding thereto portions of the new Distr.ct to be added to the said Borough, or otherwise to alter the division of the Borough into Wards, and in other respects to alter, amend, and extend some of the powers and provisions of the 'aid Charter of lncorpoiation, and of the several Acts now in tcrce regulating Municipal Corporations, so far as the same apply to the borough, the division thereof into wards, the preparation oft ie first burgess lists and the revision thereof, the election of the first aldermen, councillors, and ward asses sors within such new wards, and for all other matters inci dent thereto. To vest the property now vested in the existing Corpo ration of the said borough in their corporate capacity for any municipal or other public purpose in the Corporation of the said borough as so extended, and to vest in the Corporation as the Local Board all property now vested in them in that capacity. To extend to the new or extended portions of the borough and district all the powers an .1 provisions which under the charter incorporating the borough and the several Acts re lating to Municipal Corporations in England and Wales, or under "The Public, Health Act, 1848," " The Public Health Supplemental Act, 1855" or the provisional order set forth in the schedule thereto annexed, or the Acts therein mentioned, or under " The Local Government Act, 185 e," " The Local Government Act (1858), Amendment Act, 1E61," "The local Government Act, Amendment Act, 1863," the Act of 184 t, the Act of 1856, the Act of 1858, or any of them or any other Acts now in force within the said borough or dist: ic can be exercised within the existing borough or district, by the mayor, aldermen, and burgesses, of the said borough (herein called " The Corporation"), or by the Local Board al Health of the said district (herein called "1 lie Local Board,"), and to exempt the lands to be so added to the said borough and district, and all the houses, buildings, and works therein, from all contribution to the rates levied within the North Riding, of the County of York for the support of the. County Police, and from all other County Rates (save and except such as are now leviable within the existing Borough), and to alter such County Rates accordingly, and also from the payment of highway rates and other rates to the several townships of Middlesbroush, Lin thorpe, Acklam, Marton Ormesby, and Normanby, respec tively, and from the liability to repair any turnpike road or highway or contribute to the maintenance thereof, or to any other parochial or township pu poses beyond the limits of such extended borough and district. To enable the corporation to purchase and take com pulsorily or otherwise the Port . Clarence landing place, in the parish of Billingham, on the north side of the river Tees, opposite the corporation landing place, and all lands necessary for the completion thereof, and all the estate and interest of the West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company and others in the said landing place and lands and in the Middlesbrough Passage as defined by the Act of 1858, and the vessels employed thereat, and the tolls, rates, and duties taken or demandable in respect thereof, or of the said Port Clarence landing place, and to provide for the ascertaining and determining, and for the recovery of the purchase and compensation money for the same, and to repeal all or some of the provisions contained in the Act of 185 if. in the Act of 1858, in relation intothe said landing place and passage, and the rights and rests of the said railway company therein. To enable the Corporation to complete the Port Clarence landing place within the limits defined by the Act of 1858 on the deposited plans therein r. ferred to, and to maintain and carry on the same and the Middlesbrough Passage, and to take tolls, rates, and duties in respect thereof respectively, and to vary and alter such tolls, rates, and duties, alai confer, vary, and extingu,sh exemptions therefrom. To extend the time by the Act of 1856, limited for the com pulsory purchase by the Local Board of 1 .nds and houses for the purpose of enlarging the Market Place in t e borough and district, and also the time limited for the completion of the said Market Place, and to repeal, alter. amend, and extend all provisions of the Act of 1655, and of any other Act, affected by such extension of time. To confer upon the Local Board further and additional powers for cleansing, lighting, and improving the district of the borough as proposed to be extended under the said Bill. To authorise the Corporation to raise by borrowing and reborrowing at interest, on mortgage of the Wharf and Passage Tolls, Borough fund and rates in the nature of borough rates, to be mate for the purposes of the said Bill, or on any of those securities, further sums of money for the several purposes by the A et of 1856, the Act of 1658, and the said Bill or any of them authorised, or to be authorised, to be carried into execution by the Corporation. To enable the local Board to raise by borrowing and re borrowing at interest on mertgmge of the District Revenue Fund, and on the security of other rates and sums to be carried to the credit of th it fund further sums of money for the purposes of the Gas Works, enlarging the Market Place and other works and purposes by the .4 ct of 185', the Act of 1858, and the said Bill or any of them authorised o" to be authorised to be carried into execution by the Local Board, and to confer other powers in relation to the borrowing and reborrowing `of money by the Corporation and Local Board respectively, and the payment of the interest for the same, and for providing a sinking fund to pay off the principal thereof respectively. To authorise the Corporation and the Local Board respec tively to levy borough rates, general district and other rates and assessments upon the owners and occupiers or owners or occupiers of houses. lands, tenements, railways, and other works and property within the extended municipal borough and district for carryinginto effect the several objects,powers, and purposes of the several acts relating to municipal cor porations in England and Wales, and of the Act of 1841, the Act of 1855, the Act of 1858, the Public Health Act 1848, the Local Government Act 1858, and the subst quent acts amend ing the same, and the said Bill or any of them, and to continue or increas t or diminish the amount of rates and rents authorised to be taken by the Corporation or the Local Board under the same Acts or trill or any of them, and to levy for all or any of the purposes ot the said Acts or of the said Bill new or additional borough rates, general or special district rates, and other triavteelsy, of o f I l d s iff r e e r n e o t s t , a a m nd o o d o u t t s i e f s n , d and r t toe o l t e v p y a rstusc ofh r t a h t e e s h r a e r sopuegch or district, and to levy the vt atch rates within the borough as separate rate, and to regulate and prov , de lor the receipt and application of the several sources of income and profits of the Corporation and of the Local Board, and of the several sums of money charged and to be charged thereon, and to confer, vary, or extinguish ex , mptions from the payment otherof t o l rights, rates, is privileges, v tte duties, ges a a n ot d dh teoc saido nt a,Br exemptions.,i l v t r o y , e n o a r b t t h i n e g C u i o s r h . And it intended by poration or the Local Boa rd on the one part, and the to m define or - e or either of them on the other part, agree t e f h v urc e h p w a a rf r o d h e e n s s oarndtowovoesrhsieepsrs o o f f t A he eft p hi oor aotodthLefortehsoprepo tuop o d n efi s n o e m t e r s e t h o e r t , w e o e r n otthuee scald or township of parishes cr townships and the parish a s od r e f e e e r t e t n l e c e th t e o ment into effect, and for giving due n works, and other property , for exempting the lands, houses, from the ha- Middlesbrough, and to provide for carrying otfee tshuecrheortatlned baenu n a d r a b r declared to be in either parish or township b p i a l r it is y h to o r future townshipr a e s party and made on the other inco orate or And it it is intended by the said Bill to rP in the of the existing powers and authorities now vested t o assessments u oh settlement. l t e o n a b e e nt. thesaid Acts Corporation and Local Board respectively under tend and make applicable for the purposes thereot all or some respectively laccorpczated therewith ; also all er Me the of 1841, 1856, and 1858 resp ectively, and the several Acts powers and provisions of " The Lands Clauses Consolidation Act, 1845," " The Lands Clauses Consolidation• Acts Amend ment Act, 1860," " The Towtns Improvement Clauses Act, 1817," " The Markets and Fairs Clauses Act 1847," and respectively ".The Gas Works Cl auses A c t 1847," and to confer upon those bodies necessary for effecting the objects comprised in this notice, vary, and to repeal, all o her powers and authorities or extinguish all existing rights, privi leges, and exemptions which would interfere therewith And it is intended by the said Bill, so far as may be ne'es sary for effecting the objects and purposes thereor or other wise, to repeal, alter, or amend alt or some of the powers and provisions of the several local ..nd personal Acts of Parliament following, that is to say—" The Stockton and Middlesbrough Waterworks Act, 1864 ; " and the several Acts therein recited ; " The Stockton a n d M i ddles b roug h Ro a d Act, 1856 •, ' " The Middlesbrough Improvement Act, 1841," `• The Middles brough Act, Improvement A c t , 1856 ;'" " The Middlesbrough Im provement" The Cleveland R a il way Act, 1 861 ; "The Cleveland Rail way Act, 1863 ;" " The Tees Conservancy an Stockton 1858 ;" The Cleveland Railway Act, 1858 ;" Dock Act. 1852 ;" " The Tees Conservancy Act, 1854." " The Tees Conservancy Act, 1858 ;" " The Tees Conservancy A et, 1863 ;" " The - Middlesbrougn and Rcdcar Railway Act, '845 ;" _"The Middlesbrough and Guisbrough Railway Act, 1852 ;" 15 and 16 Vie., cap. 142 ' 20 and 21 Vic.; cap. 43 ; 24 and 25 Tic., cap. 244 and 219 ; and 26 and 27 Vic., cap. 154 ; and any other Acts relating to the West Hartlepool Harbour and Railway Company or their undertaking, and to make other provi sion in lieu of the poa ers . and provisions so repealed, altered, or amended; and also if need be, to alter or vary the to ls, rates, and 'chat...es authorised to be taken by or under any of the said acts, and to grant exemptions from such tolls, rates, and charges, and other rights, privileges, ac &exemptions. And notice is hereby given, That duplicate plans and sec tions of the Port-Clarence Landing Place and works, and of the Lands required for the purposes thereof, together with a Book of Reference thereto, and a Copy of this Notice as pub lished in the London Gazette,will, on or before the 30th day of November instant, be deposited with the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Durham, at his office in the City of Dur ham, and on or before the same day a copy of the said plans, sections, and a book of reference. together with a copy of this notice as published in the London Gazette, will also be de posited with the Clerk of the parish of Billinghafn. in the county of Durham, at his plait of abode in such parish, Printed copies of the said Bill will be deposited on or be • fore the 23d day of December next in the Private Bill Office of the House of Commons. • -.Dated this iath day of geltsraberoB , 34. -- 1 — "" - JOHN S. PEACOCK, ) Solicitor for Town Clerk, Middlesbrough, the Bill. 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The Oxford and Canterbury Hall Company (limited). the spirited "Hilliho " Chorus,. by ORPHEE AUX ENFERS (Offenbach's brilliant Opera Comique), Is achieving an unprecedented success. Vide, the Song : "King of Bceotia ;" " The Hymn to Bacchus ;" and Eurydice, Diana, Cupid, and chorus; the s id e-splitting " Coup l e t s, " by Mi n e r va, Diana, Venus, Cupid , Pluto, a nd Chorus ; at d final 31inu-t and Galop. Princip a l characters by Misses Russell , Fitz henry, Barrie, Tyr re ll , and Walmsley ; M essrs . G ree ne a n d Grand Revival of NO RMA (Norma, Miss Rus " T ; Lascelles. Adel gisa, Madame Mari a ; ; and Selections f rom MARTHA and LA TRAVIATA ; together with Looke's celebrated Music to MACBETH. Musical Director, Mr. F. Jonghmans. • LE PETIT B LONDlN—Positively the Last Week. LE MONSTRE CHAR HE, by M. SILVESTRE. 'he D'AUBANS in th e i r f am ous Character Sketches Comedy, by Mr. 'WILLIAM RANDALL, Mr. GASTON MURRAY, and all the procurable Talent of the day. Instrumental Solos, ac., Am Admission . boxes, 10s. 6d. Area, gd, ; stalls and balcony, is.; private ANT BR B URY HALL. The Oxford a n d Canterbury Hall Company (limited). PERFUME and BOU QUET, the NEW OPTICAL ILLU SION, in which th e whole resources of the establishment are brought into requisition, written by Mr. W. F. Vandervell. The usual Operatic Selections, the Anthropophaginian, dm. Comedy by Mr. W. Randal', T. Stacey, W. Hilton, and the Wondrous Indian Rope Trick by Messrs. W. Hilton and Kelley. Also, Eery Evenino. at Nine o'clock, that Wonder of the Age, LE PETIr Tans —.4,,NDIN, being the last week of his engagement. Admission—Area, ed. ; Stalls and Balcony, Is. MADAME TUSSAUD'S EXHIBITION, established upwards of 29 years at the Bazaar, Baker- Full-length PORTRAIT MODEL of MULLER, taken from We, is now added. Admittance, Is. ; extra ro3ms, 6d. Open from 11 till dusk, and from 7 till 10. A RGYLL Mr. it. BIGNELL. Great Windmill-street, RGYLsoLIe Proprietor,ROOM THIS EVENING, Reappearance at these Rooms, for a short series, of the celebrated M. LEVY, the Paganini Cornet-a-Piston Player. The Whirlirind Polka—Guards' Waltz—Carnival of Venice; in addition to some Novelties. Selections at 9 o'clock. Conductor—m L. CURTL Doors open at half-past S.— Admission, One Shilling. GRENET. BUSINES SE S. - Mr. ANDREW HIND'S NOVEMBER LIST, Gratis. , Letters, enclose stamp. — Particul ars en t ere d f ree . Partnerships, &c., 500 Businesses, Premi ses OFFICES—CORNER OF L ITT LB CARTER -LANE, ST. PAUL'S. Containing TEIGNM OUT H, Devon.—Mr. ANDREW HIND has received instruotions to SELL a Gentle man's RESIDENCE , w i t h grounds of about S acres. The pleasantly' situate; contain s di n i ng, t wo drawing rooms, bed-rooms, three dressing-roo ms , lib r ary, house houseuffisecse,s,&c4c. nifet stands on high ground, and ro oni s n s rvatory, garden, three-stall goo. Dista nce f rom ih o sea a b out a (3a.o....reparticulars and 'cards to view at the mt k s hteiaeel stable, keeper's e' Price wr r si 0 0 0 o fecr m ooxamc2 a h, n 6i d otho City Central Estate Offices, corner of Little Carter-lane, St. Paul's. MEET H. -IMPROVED MECHANICAL .1 DENTISTRY. —Professional abilities and great artistic skill have been most successfully combined in the production of ARTIFICIAL TEETH. upon a new principle. The real value of the perfection of the art of Dentistry will be experi enced by all wishing to avail themselves of professional assistance by consulting Mr. AL BERT, 34, Great Russell street, Bloomsbury. whose experience has enabled him to effect such admirable, cont,enient contrivances by artificial means, and which are so perfectly efficient. ROYAL FREE HOSPITAL, Gray's-inn-road, in the immediate vicinity of the Great Northern Rail way Terminus, Ring's-cross. Patron—Her Most Gracious Majesty the QUEEN. Vice-Patron—His Royal Highness the Prince of iVA LE S,E.G President—His Grace the Duke of BUCCLEUCH, K.G. Treasurer—Edward Masterman, Esq. The Hospital is not endowed, but is wholly dependent on voluntary contributions and legacies, which are received by the Treasurer, Edward Masterman, Esq., Nicholas-lane; also by Messrs. Coutts and Co. ; Drummond and Co. ; Herries and Co. ; Ransom and Co. ; Prescott, Grote, and Co.; Smith, Payne, and Co. ; Glyn and Co. ; Jones Loyd and Co. ; Barclay and Co. ; Denison and Co. ; Williams, Deacon, and Co. ; Overend, Gurney, and Co. ; Nisbet and Co., Berners-street ; Masterman and Co. ; I. Barned and Co., Liverpool ; and at the Hospital, from 10 till 5. STANFORD 0, SMITH PecretarY.. ‘,..T 01' I C E.-" MR. STEWART'S INTEN j,_I TIONS," the New Novel by the Author of " mother's Money," &c., in 3 vols., IS NOW HEADY at all the Libraries. Hurst and Blackett, Pub'fakers, 13, Great Marlborough street. • Now ready at all the Libraries, in 3 vo's., THE ORDEAL FOR WIVES. By the Author of "The Morals of Mayfair," &c. " A very clever story.'—Morning Post. "1 his novel is one of the best the present season has pro • diced, ani we advise all readers who are on the qui vive for something suaerior to get `lhe Ordeal for Wivea.' The writer has invested the s ory with a great amount of pathos and interest, and ech character evinces great knowledge of human nature."—Observer. IluraL and Blackest, 13, Great Marlborough-street. On Monday, Nov. 28, in 2 vols., post Bvo., B E L F ORES T. A NovEL, By the Author of " The La dies of Bever Hollow " and " Meadowleigh." Richard Bentley, New Burlington-street. MRS, LIRRIPER'S LEGACY. December the First, stitched in a cover, THE NEW CHRISTMAS NUMBER OF ALL THE YEAR ROUND. Conducted by CHARLES DICKENS, entitled ity RS. LIRRIPER'S LEGACY. tut_ Mrs. I irriper relates How She went on, and went over. A past Lodger relates A Wild Legend of a Doctor. Another past Lodger relates His experience as a Poor Rela tion. Another past Lodger relates What Lot He Drew at Glumper How e. Another past Lodger relates His own Ghost Story. Another past Lodger relates Cet tali' Passages, to Her Hus band. Mrs. Lirriper relates How Jemmy Topped Up. - - Prioo Fourponce, The First Ten Volumes of "All the Year Round," hand somely bound in red do h, are a - ways on sale in sets, price £3 each, or singly 6s. each. NEW NOVEL BY MR. C. J. COLLINS. This Day is published, in 3 vols., price 31s. ad., SINGED MOTHS. By the Author of " SA CB VILLE CHASE," &2. John Maxwell and Co., Pub isher. , , 122, Fleet-street. NEW WORK BY LIEUT. WARNEFORD, R.N., This Day is published, in 2 vols., price 215., THE JOLLY BOA T; Or, Perils and Disasters, illustrating Courage, Endur ance, and Heroism in the Merchant-Marine Service. John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street. NEW NOVEL BY EDMUND YATES. This Day, in 3 vols, price 31s. 6d., BROKEN 'lO HARNESS. Reprinted from " TEMPLE BAR" MAGAzINE, John Maxwell and Co., 122, Fleet-street. NEW NOVEL IN "TEMPLE BAR," BY W. G. WILLS. DAVID CHANTREY. The openim Charters of this new Novel. by W. G. WILLS, Author of " The Wi es Evidence," "Notice to Quit," &c., will commence in the December No. of " Temple Bar " Magazine, ready on Nov. 28,'price , s. Monthly. John Maxwell & Co., Proprietors, 122, Fleet-street, London. Now ready, 2 vole ., post cvo., cloth boards, pric e 21 5., FRENCH AUTHORS AT HOME.—Sketches of Balza° Gozlan—George Sand—Lamartine-- Victor Hugo—Lammenais, &c., &c. By the Author of " Heroes, Philosophers, and Courtiers of the Time of Louis 16th." " The Secret History of the Court of France under Louis 15th," &c. L. Booth, 307, Regent-street, W. Just published, in demy thro.,wit , l Illustrations, price 2s. 6d., (IN SMOKY CHIMNEYS. THEIR CURE ‘5 AND PREVENTION. By FREDERICK EDWARDS, Jun., Author of " The Economical Use of Fuel and the Pre vention of Smoke in Domestic Fire-places." _ _ E 30,000 —This Amount to be advanced • by a private gentleman in sums of £5O and upwards, to Noblemen, Gentlemen, heirs to Entailed Estates, Officers on lull-pay, &c., with secrecy and despa;ch, on their notes of hand; also on Reversions, Legacies, and Life Interests, at 5 per cent.—Apply, by letter only, to L. G., 17, Jermyn-street, St. James's, S.W. DINNEFORD'S PURE FLUID MAGNESIA has been, durir g thirty years, emphatically sanctioned by the Medical Profession, and universaily accepted by the Public, as the Best Remedy for Acidity of the Stomach, Heartburn, Headache, Gout, and Indigestion, and as a Mild Aperient for delicate constitutions, more esp •cially for Ladies and Children. Combined with the Accidulated Lemon Syrup it forme an agreeable Effervescing Draught, in which its Aperient qualities are much increased. During Hot Seasons, and, above all, in Hot Climates, the mauler use of this sim ple and e'egant remedy has been found highly beneficial. Manufactured (with the utmost attention to strength and purity) by DINNEFORD and CO., 172, New Bond-street, London ; and sold by all respectable Chemists throughout the Empire. NOTHING IMPOSSIBLE.—The greatest and most useful invention of the day, AGUA AMARIL LL A. Messrs. JOHN GOSNELL and CO., 3, King-court, Lombard street, London, Perfumors to her Majesty, respectfully offer to the public this truly marvellous fluid. which gradually restores the human hair to its pristine hue—no matter at what age. The Agua Amarella has none of the properties of dyes ; it, on the contrary, is beneficial to the system, and when the hair is once restored one application per month will keep it in perfect coiour. Price one guinea per bottle. or in half bottles, Hs. 63. Testimonials from' ar dates of the highest order, and from individuals of undoubted respectability, may be seen on application. Messrs. John Gosnell and Co. have been appointed Perfumers to her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales. TEET H.—Mr. ESKELL'S PATENT,—The exclusive right to this Patent was secured to Mr. Eskell, of Grosvenor-street, Grosvenor-square; by her Ma jesty's Royal Seal (July 17, 1860), and can only be procured at his residence, where specimens may be seen, and every infor mation can be obtained. Under this Patent, Artificial Teeth, to last a lifetime, are made, and fitted in a few hours without pain or extractions. They support loose teeth, and protect tender gums ; their resemblance to nature is perfect and un detectable, and they are guaranteed for mastication and articulation. Treatise on the subject sent for seven stamps. Consultations free. puizE ME D A L.-INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION, 1862. FRANCIS TUCKER & CO., Wax Chandlers, &0., &0., To the Queen and the Prince of Wales. (Established 1720.) The Jurors' Report on Wax and Church Candles, in 1862. testifies to the excellence of the quality of Messrs. Tuckers' manufacture. A distinguished Dignitary,in a letter addressed to Francis Tucker and Co., on the subject of WAX CANDLES with PLATTED WICKS, says : " I have found them fully equal to the recommendation which you gave them, and can sincerely, in my turn, .I com mend them to the clergy for the use of the altar." Finest quality, with latted Wicks, patented.. Is. 2d. per lb. Ordinary quality .. 28. od. per lb. VEGETABLE CANDLES, with a Mixture of Wax. Best quality .. Is. sd. per lb Second quality .. 0. Is. 3d. per lb. Third quality .. Is. ld. per lb. Carriage paid in London on Orders of Five Pounds in value. FRANCIS TUCKER AND CO., .B,South Molton-street, Grosvenor-square. Manufactory— Kensington (Established 1730). The largest Establishment in England for the Manufacture of Wax Candles for the use of the Altar. L_AMBERT'S ASTHMATIC BALSAM.—AN JILA EFFECTUAL REMEDY, without confining the bowels or affecting the head, truly efficacious and pleasant, is ad mitted to be the best medicine for immediately relieving coughs, colds, confirmed cases of asthma, and incipient con sumption. It frequently cures persons whom the faculty pronounce incurable, admirably allays the tickling which provokes frequent coughing. In approaching consumption tie effects are truly beneficial. Persons deprived of sleep, or even lying down for fear of suffocation, may depend on relief in a few minutes after taking it. Prepared only and sold by W. LAMBERT, Chemist. 8, - Bing-William-street, Charing cross, London, and by all druggists, in bottles. 130., and three quantities in one, 2s. 9d. each. Be particular. and ask for Lamberts Asthmatic Salaam, The name and address are engraved 94 the atamp. London: Robert Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. QOllO ESTATE, HOUSE, AND GENERAL BUSINESS AGENCY OFFICES.—Persons requiring Freehold or Leasehold Property, or having Business and Houses to be dispose' of, should apply to Mr. CHARLES MURRAY, Auctioneer and Valuer, 26, Gerrard-street, Soho. W. _ Valuations for Probate Administration, Fire Claims, Rail way Compensations, &c. Rents Collected. OPINIONS OF VIE PRESS. "Mr. Eskell, dental-surgeon, has succeeded in producing artificial teeth, and so constructing them that they last their purpose a lifetime. . . . The process has been'patented, and promises to be most valuable."—Court Journal, August 4, 1860. • "A surprising novelty In the adaptation of artificial teeth to the gum by a patented principle, which secures the most pert ect aid, combined with the greatest ease and agreeable appearance."—Morning Advertiser, August 9, 1860. Decayed teeth stopped, &c. Terms strictly moderate. 8, Grosvenor-street, Bond-street. BEDROOM CANDLES. "pRICE'S CANDLES, which will not drop grease when carried."—Thin, very hard candles sold in boxes ls. and 3s. each, are recommendel as the best carriers. _ ___ _ -------1 ‘ EXTRA HARD 5.12 CHAMBER CANDLES," sold in boxes 2s. each. Thicker candles intended for those who will not burn thin. " SHERWOOD ECONOMIC BED LIGHTS," in packets of 36 candles for one shilling, intended for use where cheapness is a great object, will be found an improve ment on the ordinary candles, as they gutter less. Special candle .ticks to fit thin candles, is. and 2s. Bd. each; reducing sockets, making them fit any candlesticks, 2d. each. TOILET SOAPS.' Sherwood Brown Windsor Soap, with a pleasant scent. Belmont Glycerine Soap, contains Price's Glycerine. Camphor and Glycerine Soap, fo tender skins in winter. GLYCERINE. SITERWOODOLE " Price's Glycerine" may be Cleans gloves and removes had from any Chemist, in grease and other stains. caosuled bottles, lettered Perfumed, in capsuled bot ,, Price's Patent," from 6d. ties, 6d. and ls. each. upwards. Impure Glycerine has been sold m the state ment that it is "equal to Prices." Retail through any Grocer. Wholesale by Price's Patent Candle Company:(Limited), London. KINAIIAN'S LL BRA W N IgSKY v. CDONACI This celebrated Old IRISH WHISKY rivals the fines FRRNCII BRANDY, It is Pure, Mild, Mellow, Delicious, and very Wholesome. Sold in Bottles, 3s. Bd., at the Retail Houses in London ; by the Agents in the principal towns in England ; or wholesale It R, GREAT WINDMILL-STREET, LONDON, W. Observe the Red Seal, Pink Label, and Cork branded tKinahan's LL Whisky." ACCOUNTS and BOOKS.—An experienced and practical BOOK-KEEPER is desirous of an en gagement for a few hours daily, or otherwise. References of rt ; terms moderate. 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THERE IS NO CHARGE incurred, unless a tenant or put• chaser is introduced through Messrs. Lumley's Agency, and then only the usual moderate commission. Auction and, Land Offices, 67, Chancery-lane, London. Manifesto of the Confederate States, The following joint resolutions declaring the dis position of principles and - purposes of the Confede• rate States in relation to the existing war with the United States were introduced by Mr. Hill, of Georgia, into the Senate, and passed the House of R?presentatives, after a secret debate of several hours, on June 10, with a few, but unessential mo• difications : Whereas, it is due to the great cause of humanity and civilization, and especially to the heroic sacrifices of their gallant army in the field, that no means consistent with a proper self-respect and the approved usages of nations should be omitted by the Confederate States to enlighten the pub lic opinion of the world with regard to the true character of the struggle in which they are engaged, and the disposi tions, principles, and purposes by which they are actuated; therefore, Resolved by the Congress of the Confederate States of America,—That the following manifesto be issued in their name, and by their authority, and that the President be re quested to cause copies thereof to be transmitted to our Commissioners abroad, to the end that the same be laid be fore foreign Governments : " Manifesto of the Congress of the Confederate States of America Relative to the Existing War with the - United States. " The Congress of the Confederate States of America acknowledging their responsibility to the opinion of the civi lized world, to the great law of Christian philanthropy,and to the Supreme Ruler of the universe for the part they have been compelled to bear in the sad spectacle of war and car nage which this continent has for the last three years ex hibited. to the eyes of afflicted humanity, deem the pre sent a fitting occasion to deelare the principles, the senti ments, and the purposes by which they have been, and still are, actuated. " They have ever deeply deplored the necessity which constrained them to take up arms in defence of their rights, and of the free institutions derived from their ancestors; and there is nothing they more ardently desire than peace, whensoever their enemy, by ceasing from the unhallowed war waged upon them, shall permit them to enjoy in peace the sheltering protection of those hereditary rights and those cherished institutions. The series of successes with which it has pleased Almighty God in so signal a manner to bless our arms on almost every point of our invaded bor der since the opening of the present campaign enables us to profess this desire of peace in the interest of civilisation and humanity, without danger of having our motives misinter preted, of the declaration being ascribed to any unmanly sentiment, or any mistrust of our ability fully t) maintain our cause. The repeated and disastrous checks foreshadow ing ultimate discomfiture, which their gigantic army, erected against the capital of the Confederacy, has already met with, are but a continuation of those providential successes for us. We do not recur to these successes in any spirit of vain boasting, but in humble acknowledgment of that Al mighty protection which has vouchsafed and granted them. " The world must now see that eight millions of people, inhabiting so extensive a territory, with such varied re sources. and such enormous facilities for defence as the be nignant bounty of nature has bestowed upon us, and ani mated with one spirit to encounter every sacrifice of ease, of health, of property, of life itself, rather than be degraded from the condition of free and independent States, into which they were born, can never be conquered. Will not our adversaries themselves begin to feel that humanity has bled long enough, that tears and blood and treasure enough have been expended in a bootless undertaking, covering their own land, no less than ours, with a pall of mourning and ex • posing them far more than ourselves to the catastrophe of financial exhaustion and bankruptcy, not to speak of the loss of their liberties by the despotism engendered in an aggres sive warfare on the liberties of another and kindred people ? Will they be willing, by a longer perseverance in a wanton and hopeless contest, to make this continent, which they so long boasted to be the chosen abode of liberty and self-government, of peace and a higher civilisation, the theatre of the most causeless and prodigal effusion of blood which the world has ever seen, of a virtual relapse into the barbarism of the ruder ages, and of the destruction of consti tutional freedom by the lawlessness of usurped power ? "These are questions which our adversaries will decide for themselves. We desire to stand acquitted before the tri bunal of the world, as well as in the eyes of omniscient jus tice, of any responsibility for the origin or prolongation of a war as contrary to the spirit of the age as to the traditions and acknowledged principles of the political system of America. " On this continent, whatever opinions may have pre vailed elsewhere, it has ever been held and acknowledged by all parties that government to be lawful must be founded on the consent of the governed. We were forced to dissolve our Federal connexion with our former associates by their aggressions on the fundamental principles of our compact of union with them; and in doing so we exercised a right con secrated in the great charter of American liberty—the right of a free people, when a government proves destructive of the ends for which it was established, to recur to the origi • nal principles, and to institute new guards for their secu rity. The separate independence of the States, as the sove reign and coequal members of the Federal Union, had never been surrendered, and the pretensions of applying to inde pendent communities so constituted and organised the ordi nary rules for coercing and reducing rebellions subjects to obedience was a solecism in terms, as well as an outrage on the principles of public law. "The war made upon the Confederate States was, there fore, wholly one of aggression. On our side it has been strictly defensive. Barn freemen and the descendants of a gallant ancestry, we had no option but to stand up in de fence of our invaded firesides, of our desecrated altars, of our violated liberties and birthright, and of the prescriptive institutions which guard and protect them. We have not interfered, nor do we wish In any manner whatever to in terfere, with the internal peace and prosperity of the States arrayed in hostility against us, or with the freest develop ment of their destinies in any form of action or line of policy they may think proper to adopt for themselves. All we ask is a like immunity for ourselves, and to be left to ourselves in the undisturbed enjoyment of those inalienable rights of life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness' which our com mon ancestors declared to be the equal heritage of all the parties to the social compact. _ " Let them forbear aggressions upon us, and the war is at an end. If there be questions which require adjustment by negotiations, we have ever been willing, and are still willing, to enter into communication with our adversaries in a spirit of peace, of equity. and of manly frankness. Strong in the persuasion of the justice of our cause, in the manly devotion of our citizen soldiers, and of the whole body of our people, and above all in the gracious protection of Heaven, we are not afraid to avow a sincere desire for peace on terms consistent with our honour and the permanent security of our rights, and an earnest aspiration to see the world once more restored to the beneficent pursuits of industy and of mutual intercourse and exchanges so essential to its well being, and which have been so gravely interrupted by the existence of this unnatural war in America. " But if our adversaries, or those whom they have placed in power, deaf to the voice of reason and justice-, steeled to the dictates of prudence and humanity by a presumptuous and delusive confidence in their own numbers, or those of their black and foreign mercenaries, shall determine upon an indefinite prolongation of the contest, upon them be the responsibility of a decision so ruinous to themselves and so injurious to the interest and repose of mankind, "For ourselves, we have no fear of the result, The wildest picture ever drawn by a disordered imagination comes short of the extravagance which would dream of the conquest of eight millions of people, resolved with one mind to die freemen rather than live slaves,' and forewarned by the savage and exterminating spirit in which this war has been waged upon them, and by the mad avowals of the supporters of the worse than Egyptian bondage that awaits them in the event of their subjugation. With these decla rations of our dispositions, our principles, and our purposes, we commit our cause to the enlightened judgment of the world, to the sober reflections of our adversaries themselves, and the eelemh and riglattoun arbitrament 9i netWelll7., NEW STORY OF NORTH COUNTRY LIFE. This Day is published, in 2 vols., price 215., MAG G I E BELL By WARWICK HOLM. John Maxwell and Co., Publishers, 122, Fleet-street.